What can a baby do at 7-9 months?

Your baby is becoming more active. He is already much stronger physically and much more mobile. New skills are emerging. He is already turning over well from his back to his stomach. When on his back, he lifts his legs high and explores them with interest. He sits well, and his body is straight. He crawls quite actively. Moreover, he can crawl both forward and backward. Some children can already stand on all fours, although only a few can move in this position.

The baby begins to shift objects from one hand to the other. He can shake the rattle more purposefully and hit it against objects around him. During feeding, he holds the bottle tightly, and you can even let go of it, just holding it in the right position so that the baby does not swallow air. Make sure that the bottle is not hot. Having grabbed one object, the baby can reach for another. If you feed the baby at the table with a spoon, then as a game or training of motor skills, you can give the spoon to him. Most likely, he will hit the table, his head and, of course, will try to get it into the plate, copying your actions. You can help him: take his hand with a spoon in your hand and, having scooped up some food, bring it to the baby's mouth.

By seven to eight months, a child can already lift his head when lying on his back - his neck muscles have become so strong. He can already sit longer than before, periodically leaning forward and leaning on his hands, and then straightening up again. Standing on all fours, he rocks back and forth. This is how he trains to start moving on all fours. Despite the fact that the child can already sit, he still cannot sit down on his own. That is, if he crawled or stood on all fours, or stood, but then got tired - he can sit up. But he cannot sit up from a lying position right away. He does not have enough abdominal muscle strength for this. Therefore, in order to sit down, he must turn over on his stomach, bending his legs and leaning on his hands, move to a knee-elbow position and only then sit up.

When taking objects in his hand, the child begins to use his thumb for a more complete grasp. When playing with objects, for example with a rattle, he no longer just shakes it, but pursues a specific goal - he wants it to make sounds. At the same time, sometimes he takes one rattle and does not touch the other - apparently, he likes the sound of the first more. Coordination of movements improves - when transferring an object from hand to hand, the baby does not cling to one another.

At eight months, the child already crawls well on his belly or on all fours. But do not be alarmed or upset if he cannot do this. Not all children go through the crawling stage in this position. Some are in a "rush" to stand up and immediately begin with walking. Sometimes parents, trying to observe the stages of training, try to teach the child to crawl "correctly", not noticing that their child can already stand in the crib for quite a long time, holding on to the bars, or strives to be led around the room by both hands. Some children master the technique of not even crawling, but "running" on all fours so well that later, having already learned to walk more or less steadily, in the case when they need to quickly get to the kitchen or another room, they lower themselves onto their hands and quickly crawl to where they need to go.

The movements of the small muscles of the fingers, which were awkward until now, reach such a level that the baby can already grab a thread or a string with his fingers, on which some toy is dangling. And their strength is already sufficient to not only crumple paper, but also tear it.

If a child takes an object in both hands, then when a third one appears, he will think for quite a long time, look at the objects in his hands, and only then, having thrown one of them, will he take the third one.

With some training, he can already clap his hands. True, he doesn't always hit the target with his palm. If you clap your hands with him, and also repeat some poems or jokes, or do it to music, he will really like it - after all, it's another game!

By the ninth month, the baby can stand quite well, holding on to the bars of the crib or the leg of a chair. He has already learned to crawl so quickly that you need to hurry to catch up with him. Holding on to the railings, the baby can walk along the crib or along the sofa, holding on to it if he is standing on the floor. But for now, he moves sideways and learns to transfer his body weight from one leg to the other. You can speed up this process if you offer the baby some interesting object. He will reach for it and will be forced to take a step. The baby can already move around the room so actively, and his hands have already reached such perfection that the "naughty things" he could do before, left alone in the room, are nothing compared to what he can do now! Therefore, when leaving the baby alone, put him in the playpen. This is an indispensable thing! Its area is slightly larger than the crib. If necessary, it folds up, turning into a flat circle that can be easily hidden behind a closet or somewhere else. The playpen is quite safe - if the child falls, he will not hit his head as he would hit a wooden bed, because the playpen is limited on the sides by a net. On the other hand, the playpen will hinder the development of crawling skills. Therefore, if you want to rest or do something around the house, leave the child in the playpen for a while. And when you finish your business, "release" the child onto the floor - let him crawl.

The small muscles of the fingers have already reached such perfection that the child can use them separately. For example, he uses the index finger and thumb, taking a small toy, like tweezers. He can already point at objects with the index finger. If the size of the objects allows, he can add a third object to the two held in his hands. He already understands that one object can be placed in another, putting cubes or other small toys in a cup.